It’s time to set the record straight: Canada should join UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

Canada has a long history of participation within NATO’s nuclear-deterrence strategy, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have no intention of changing that.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was advised that it wouldn't be 'politically feasible' for Canada to join the treaty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Jérémy Cotton

October 29, 2020

Canada has shown incredible leadership in banning landmines. Yet, when it comes to banning nuclear weapons, Canada has demonstrated no such thing. In fact, Canada has not signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, claiming at the 72

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